Software Engineer, Ground Air Defense Systems

Anduril Industries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is hiring a Software Engineer to own the software for Air Defense tower variants, including configuration, radar and camera services, networking, and image builds on our declarative platform.

You will migrate legacy configurations to the modern platform, enable software updates, and support manufacturing tests. The role emphasizes breadth over deep specialization, with travel minimal and collaboration across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering building and shipping real systems.
• Proficiency in Rust or C++, with the ability to work across an existing codebase you didn't write.
• Solid Linux systems fundamentals: the command line, systemd, networking basics, and log-driven debugging.
• Practical experience integrating software with hardware, whether sensors, embedded devices, or instrumentation.
• Demonstrated ability to own a piece of a larger system end to end, including the unglamorous parts: configuration, deployment, testing, and support.
• Clear written communication, since you'll be the interface between a program's requirements and the team's implementation.
• US person status required, with eligibility to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own software configuration for Air Defense tower variants: product definitions, payload and sensor configuration, networking.
• Integrate sensor payloads, radar and infrared camera services, and their configuration differences from perimeter security products.
• Develop features driven by Air Defense program requirements, from design to delivery into a shipping product.
• Migrate legacy configuration onto the modern platform base, replacing product-specific one-offs with common modules.
• Own the variants' software update and deployment path, and the manufacturing test configuration that validates units.
• Support the product in the field and on the line: triage issues, reproduce and root-cause them, fix what's yours, and drive what isn’t.
• Work with the Air Defense program's engineers and stakeholders to keep requirements, schedule, and technical reality aligned.

Skills

Rust or C++

Linux basics

Hardware integration

End-to-end ownership

Written communication

US security clearance readiness

Tools

Nix/NixOS

Python

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is hiring a Software Engineer to own the software for Air Defense tower variants, including configuration, radar and camera services, networking, and image builds on our declarative platform.

You will migrate legacy configurations to the modern platform, enable software updates, and support manufacturing tests. The role emphasizes breadth over deep specialization, with travel minimal and collaboration across engineering teams.